The statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a

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statue of

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( ; ; March 15, 1933September 18, 2020) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. She was nominated by President ...

, the second woman to serve on the

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. It was installed permanently outside 445

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's City Point in New York City on March 12, 2021.

Background

The statue is a

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depicting

, the second woman to serve on the

, standing atop a stepped

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representing the Supreme Court and her climb to get to it. It was installed at 445

, outside

downtown Brooklyn Downtown Brooklyn is the third largest central business district in New York City after Midtown Manhattan and Lower Manhattan), and is located in the northwestern section of the borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is known for its office and r ...

's City Point, a mixed-use residential and commercial development. It was unveiled on March 12, 2021, to commemorate

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and Ginsburg's 88th birthday on March 15. Ginsberg was born and grew up in Brooklyn. Brooklyn borough president

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has also declared March 15, 2021, "Justice Ginsburg Day". The larger-than-life statue was created by the husband-and-wife artist team Gillie and Marc Shattner (who earlier made a bronze

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of her with her approval), as part of their Statues for Equality initiative. Through 2019, only five of New York City's 150 monuments commemorated real-life women. The artist team is known for their temporarily installed sculptures of animals, though in 2020 they installed ten statues of notable women in New York City.

References

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